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The Si La - Lai Chau province Print E-mail
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Lai Chau
Written by Ngô Lúa   
Sunday, 03 February 2008

sila.jpgThe Si La, also know as the Cu De Xu, live in three hamlets called Seo Hay, Si Thau Chai and Nam Xin in Muong Te district of Lai Chau province. They have a population of about 600. The Si La language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman Group.

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Sapa Print E-mail
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Written by Ngô Lúa   
Sunday, 03 February 2008

sapa921.jpgSetting blissfully at the elevation of 1,650 meters on the Hoang Lien Son mountain range, Sapa is the hill station built in 1922 and a fine resort town in the northwest of Vietnam. Besides the fertile terraced paddy fields and primal hill tribal villages, it is home to the fog-swirled Fansipan peak, the highest in the country. It offers a peaceful place that is naïve of tourism modification.

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Do Son Buffalo Fights Festival - Hai Phong City Print E-mail
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Hai Phong
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Monday, 28 January 2008

doson1.jpgThe Buffalo Fight in Do Son (Hai Phong City) is officially held on the 9th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar every year. There are, in fact, two rounds of eliminations before the middle of the 5th month and 8th day of the 6th month of the lunar calendar. The preparation for this festival is very elaborate. Fighting buffaloes must be carefully selected, well fed, and trained.

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Sea Festival - Hai Phong City Print E-mail
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Hai Phong
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Monday, 28 January 2008

This festival is organised at Tran Chau fishing village (Cat Ba). After the ceremony for the Water Spirit (Long Vuong), the commanding drum resounds and hundreds of shouting boys carrying oars begin running to their boats. One boy rows, while the other boy casts nets and beats a rhythm on the boat. The stronger and faster the beating, the more frightened the fish are and likely to get caught in the net.

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